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Hi Everyone, I’m launching a new video version of the show with guests. I just created a set in my home with seating, lighting and audio in place so I can host and interview folks. I’m inviting guests to join me here on the show who have an expertise in fashion, feng shui, design, art, architecture, interiors, real estate, crystals, astrology, aesthetics etc. I film at my home in Los Angeles and am currently interested in in-peron live guests so If you’re in Los Angeles and interested in joining me on Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion, you can connect with me at [email protected]. I’m looking forward to hosting you and learning more about you! Cheers & Ciao for Now!Thanks for reading Laura’s Substack ~ Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion!! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

INTRO - Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 18. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.Today we are exploring Shades of RED which in Feng Shui represents Fire Element. Shades Of Red ~ Feed The Fire for Luck & Attraction. Red attracts attention and is a power color. It’s dramatic and bold. Red is associated with passion and romance. In china brides wear Red on their wedding day for all the aforementioned reasons. In Feng Shui we recommend wearing the color red when you have an important meeting or presentation. Think Good Fortune, attraction, power and luck. Red spectrum colors run the gamut from shades of pink, fuchsia, oranges, bright red, wines, plums, and purples. Skin tone, disposition and tastes differ and fortunately there is a fairly broad Spectrum of red hues. As a Winter, my skin tone looks best in jewel tones with a range from Fuchsia to Purple. Bright red is not my jam. I will wear a print with a splash of bright red in it, but I can’t pull it off from head to toe. I also have to be in the right mood for Red Spectrum Colors or it can feel like I drank too much coffee. It’s not the color to wear when you want to fly under the radar or are feeling off. It can feel like too much energy for me sometimes, so I’m very particular about when and where I wear it. Shown here are my versions of fire element color. As you can see pictured here my range goes from fuchsia, to purple, to burgundy. Essentially blue based reds or a slightly watered down version of red. Last week on episode 17 called “HOW TO DRESS IN YOUR ELEMENT” I showed you how I dressed water element in a fiery way. Guess what’s happening today? I’m dressing Fire element in a watery way! It’s especially notable in the last two looks where I am dressed in two different burgundy velvet looks. The first one is an aline Wrap mini dress with long bell sleeves which I’m wearing right now and I can see on the screen that it reads as black. I promise you it’s burgundy. The second look is a long velvet burgundy jumpsuit with a deep v neckline, spaghetti straps and palazzo style pants. What’s watery about both of them is the velvet material and how dark the burgundy is bordering on black. The bell sleeves on the dress are watery and so are the flowy palazzo style pants. Freedom of movement and comfort is watery feature.Red has a powerful impact that isn’t always for everyone.How does red make you feel? It’s definitely stimulating. Too much red in a physical space can insight arguments and make people feel edgy. That’s why we balance the elements. BAGUA MAPFrom a Feng Shui perspective red is the color associated with the Fame Gua which is the energetic center of your home that represents your reputation and how you are perceived in the world as well as how visible you are. It can be found in the far back center area of the home and each individual room. Pictured here is a Bagua map to help you find your Fame gua. You might want to place some red there or perhaps a candle of any hue.Not everyone likes a red spectrum color palette so there’s a number of ways to introduce the element into the environment or your clothes without color. Using the actual element as with the aforementioned candle or a pointy fiery shape like a star or triangle. In fact color is never the whole story for any element. Shapes, the actual element, and artistic representations of an element will all work. A few ways to water down your fire ensembles include: wearing long flowing skirts, like the one I’m wearing at the top of the newsletter, sheer materials, something with a ruffle, velvet material and pairing your red with black also does the trick! It’s a matter of dialing an element up or down based on how you feel and what you want to project. It’s also a very individual expression of your own elemental make up. I’m already pretty fiery inside which is why I usually dial down the volume on my red until it feels just right. The same applies when I wear black or water element and don’t want my fire completely extinguished. I think we each have specific sensibilities and sensitivities in relationship to color and the elements. For example, I can barely tolerate any amount of earth element. Think earth tones like brown and taupe. This element makes me feel lackluster and stodgy particularly in the color spectrum. You won’t find Brown in my closet other tha

INTRO ~ Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 17. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.BACK ON THE RED CARPET!Today’s episode is about “How To Dress In Your Element! And it includes ~ A Water & Fire Fashion Show…” With a video of the show Embedded here in the newsletter and on my YouTube channel for Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion. In Fashion Feng Shui ®️ we seek to embody our personal archetypes and elements while simultaneously dressing for our body types, coloring and lifestyle. Discovering our elemental makeup, archetypes and influences can be a truly cathartic and revealing experience. During my journey of discovery I wasn’t surprised to learn that I was Water because I love black. Black represents Water Element. It’s the only color I’m displaying in all of the looks I’m sharing with you today. What came as a surprise to me during my Fashion Feng Shui ®️ journey was that while Water was a dominant element in my makeup and serves as a strong influence particularly in my color story, it is not my essence. Much to my surprise, my true essence is Fire. I’m a combination of two opposite elements water and fire which makes for a dramatic result. To understand this from an archetypal perspective, Think Ambivert or someone who is equally as introverted as they are extroverted. The way this shows up in my fashion is that, I love to cloak myself in sheer black flowy frocks but I often dress in a provocative manner. The obvious signs of fire fashion include the color red, body conscious attire, short, fitted, skin bearing and attention getting. Animal prints and actual animal hide such as leather are also representations of fire. Stilettos and triangular, star or pointy shapes also exhibit fire energy. Because I don’t wear red or stilettos and am so into black, I assumed I was purely a water girl! However there’s nuance to this. The telltale signs of water Fashion are as mentioned black and very dark colors like navy, sheer flowy pieces, asymmetry and even fringe. You’ll definitely be seeing a lot of sheer and flowy looks here and even some fringe along with plenty of black. If color was all that mattered it would be easy to paint me as pure water. The thing is, I wear water in a fiery way which is what this fashion show is about. Color is not the whole story. How you style yourself has just as much to say if not more than just color. These 7 looks I’m sharing with you today highlight both water and fire elements and show me in solid black while still lit up with fire accents. Wether it’s my first look, the black mini dress with sparkly sequins, worn with Burgundy leather Doc Martens and fishnets or my black Leather Jacket I paired with a few of my looks or my overall skin bearing dresses with fiery accents, I’m delivering the fire in my styling. Even Sequins is fire! You don’t have to wear red to light up a room. I wear water in a hot way so to speak and so can you! If you are curious about your elemental makeup feel free to reach out to me to learn more about what I do and how I can help you. I specialize in Feng Shui for Dressing & Decorating you and your space because it’s all connected! You can visit my Link-tree. for all my offerings!All right folks, enjoy the rest of the fashion show. I hope this inspires you to look beyond color and consider how your clothes are styled! If you want my help, you know where to find me! Cheers and Ciao for now!Thanks for reading Laura’s Substack ~ Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion!! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

This is my favorite Fashion Therapy Tip…. Cultivating your power walk is a great way to discover your Main Character Energy! Seriously, find your runway and take a stroll in your favorite frock. Mine is in the hallway…Cheers 🥂 Laura Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

MOD Dress $17 from Crossroads Trading Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 16. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.Shop Green & Save Green is my new mantra! Clothes achieve a greater lifespan and our bank accounts retain their worth. It’s easier than ever because it can be done online just as easily as at your local consignment store or used clothing store.You can also make a profit from your hand me downs. It’s genius and it’s really good Feng Shui! You can incentivize yourself to declutter that closet, in order to make money and acquire some welcome new additions to your wardrobe. We all have clothes in our closets that are just taking up space. Pieces that we don’t need, love or wear. It’s dead energy that could be replaced with a more viable option. You want to refresh the energy of your closet periodically and also the narrative or story your clothes are telling about you. They are essentially costumes so what roles are dressing up for and what roles do you no longer want to play? I try to edit both my closet and my clients closet’s with this in mind. Just as our Epigenetic’s speaks to how our environments have a tremendous impact on us, so too do our clothes. They are our most intimate environments since they adorn our physical bodies. The energetic of our clothes are a powerful tool. Styling from a Feng Shui perspective goes much deeper than the clothes. It’s a Therapeutic experience that reveals our inner workings and empowers our goals. Think Dress for Success! I have personally been cultivating a couple of different capsules wardrobe themes. The most prominent being my Yin & Yang capsule wardrobe. It’s a collection of Black & White wardrobe pieces that are versatile, and emphasize Metal & Water elements. I also have what I call my dating capsule which are outfits I plan to wear on romantic dates. For my Yin & Yang collection, I recently acquired a number of dresses in black and white, along with blazers, pants, skirts and a leather jacket. Revamping a wardrobe can get expensive so I funded this endeavor with the profits made from selling off my underutilized items. I also purchased most of my new pieces 2nd hand via Poshmark & Crossroads Trading at a tremendous value. My most recent acquisition is the Mod inspired Black & White checkered Short Sleeve Aline dress pictured at the top of this story. I absolutely love this little number which was just $17 at Crossroads Trading! I see myself wearing this for business and pleasure, perhaps even Halloween with the mod theme. It’s a Zara brand dress that would retail in $100 range. It’s retro inspired and I got it at a fraction of the price it sold for. Why spend more when you don’t have to? Why not shop green? CROSSROADS TRADING The same day I got these 2 dresses from Crossroads I also sold something. So my trade value for the 2 dresses each priced at $17 totaled just $28.97 with tax. Pictured here is the 2nd dress I bought that day. Omg yes folks believe it or not it’s a colorful dress! I finally strayed from my Black & White theme! This one is a very body conscious and intended for the dating capsule. This dress is a fitted stretchy ruched Floral Strawberry mini dress with a scooped neck by AFRM whose dresses retail at around $120. As mentioned, I paid $17 for it. It’s in brand new condition and very flattering. While shopping at used clothing stores can be hit or miss, when it is a hit, it’s exhilarating! I feel like a huntress on the prowl when I shop these stores and while I don’t always come home with prey, I’m usually able to sell something and come home with a profit. Shopping online at resellers like Poshmark or ThredUp, tends to be much more efficient, however since you can’t try things on, you run the risk of purchasing something that may not work out. Returns on Poshmark are only an option if the item is damaged or miss-represented. That’s why you want to shop brands with consistent sizing that you’re familiar with and check for and ask for the measurements. In the second picture I styled the strawberry floral dress with my new Truth & Pride Black Leather Motorcycle Jacket also purchased 2nd hand from Poshmark. Even the black patent leather purse is 2nd hand from a while back. The leather jacket was more of a splurge at $116.38 but a worthwhile investment for this brand in genuine leather that retails at around $

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 15. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.The Chanel Spring & Summer 2025 Collection! A Yin & Yang Color Story…Today, I’m reporting on The Chanel Spring & Summer 2025 Collection and doing a side by side of my personal wardrobe collection inspired by the Chanel color story. I have included a video showcasing 12 key looks from their collection and mine. The video showcasing all the fashion is embedded in the newsletter here on substack as well as my new YouTube channel for Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion. I hope you enjoy this new approach and I welcome your feedback and comments!This stunning collection led with a Black & White color story and included a giant Open Birdcage that the models walked around alluding to their freedom to truly fly! From a Feng Shui perspective it had a Yin & Yang elemental pairing of Water and Metal elements with some fiery accents. These are complimentary elements! Black represents Water which symbolizes freedom and creativity an energy that flows. White represents metal which is pristine elegant and traditional. Think old money vibes. It elevates. Paired with water, metal gives water a safe elegant container from which to create! The visual story was Metaphorically highlighted with a giant open Birdcage. I really appreciated the symbolism and aesthetic of the collection which also incorporated feathers. Feathers represent animal or fire energy in Feng Shui adding excitement and drama to the collection!While my interpretation of the collection does not include feathers it culminates with a leather biker jacket at the end which is animal or fire energy and alludes to a hint of rebellion and freedom preceded by a number of more conservative looks.The Chanel show featured Riley Keough, the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and granddaughter of Elvis poignantly singing Princes’s “When Doves Cry” as the models circled the giant Birdcage and runway. It was a powerful and beautiful show.Let’s look at the video I put together highlighting my favorite looks shall we?! I am going to share my screen…Look how beautiful and aspirational these ensembles are! And here’s my Chanel inspired collection…Chanel was originally inspired by mens wear and was known for her feminine suiting and the “lbd” or little black dress. As shown in video, I introduced black Blazers cropped and oversized into my collection with most of my outfits, to give my looks structure and some formality. Something that was missing from my wardrobe until recently. A great black blazer or jacket is versatile and classic. I had all these looks that needed completion and something to elevate them so I finally invested in both a cropped black blazer and an oversized one along with an edgy black leather motorcycle jacket shown as my final look! Taking me from business meeting to date night. The leather jacket is my informal late night option for introducing fire into the equation… I believe it’s our jackets that inform where we are going and how we will be received. Are we formal or casual, fitted or loose, long or short, traditional or edgy? Jackets complete our looks and provide structure to our outfits. For me this was a main ingredient missing from my closet until recently. I finally feel “Put Together”. What’s missing in your wardrobe?White French Connection Corset Dress & cropped black Anne Taylor Loft Blazer both purchased 2nd hand via PoshmarkWhile I don’t own any Chanel, I have obviously been channeling the vibe! I aspire to their aesthetic which I would describe as Metal energy. While the collection included plenty of water and sparks of fire, the overarching theme of the brand is metal. We apply a number of different fashion criteria to each of the Feng Shui elements and archetypes. White is the color most closely associated with the Metal element however many other factors apply. Metal is expensive, elegant, structured, luxurious, traditional and pristine. All these terms define metal fashion and Chanel. It’s aspirational and even if you aren’t wearing Chanel you can Channel the aesthetic just like I have here! Most of my recent purchases shown were made at a great value via Poshmark. I hope you are inspired to channel whatever aesthetic you’re inspired by without feeling pressured to spend beyond your means. You can shop green and still dress metal! All right

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 14. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.What I have learned from this Eclipse Season is that the Obstacle truly is the Path! Eclipses are an Astrological phenomenon that brings powerful shifts in often dramatic ways. They can feel non negotiable because they are! Eclipses come in pairs, about 2 weeks apart and can be felt just prior, during and for weeks and even months after. That’s why they call it Eclipse season. This season is marked by an Eclipse on September 17 and a second on October 2nd of 2024. Eclipses can be super intense. How’s it going for you? Many of my friends have been going through massive shifts! We can certainly see change is afoot on the world stage. For me personally there has been a series of highs and lows! I’m writing this on September 27 between the eclipses and I am still reeling and processing all that has transpired so far. This September/October eclipse season began with my decision to get new glasses at the beginning of the month. I felt like my vision was not as sharp as it could be so I decided to get glasses from Warby Parker. I was also feeling very self conscious about the way I looked in my glasses and I wanted a new signature look for myself that I felt truly suited me. A new look to tie in with my new chapter with Fashion Feng Shui. I brought my sunglasses with me as a style reference. They have a dramatic oversized cat eye style and my salesperson Silvia at the Warby Parker Silverlake location found a perfect match with the Warby Sonia frames. Though spelled differently, Sonia is the namesake of a beautiful friend of mine. I got them in jet black and oak barrel. They have a distinct cat eye vibe. The black ones are intended for work as I ordered them with blue light filtering, and the oak barrel frames are intended for the outdoors as they are light responsive and turn into sunny’s. The “Sonia” in Jet Black & Oak Barrel Listen if our eye’s are truly the windows to the soul, then we should really take great care in how we frame that view. I’ve been wearing reading glasses for about nine years and I’ve never quite found a style that felt like me. I’m usually a little embarrassed and sheepish about having to wear them publicly. I started to notice people with super chic glasses and I knew it was time to figure out my personal style vision.For context, I need glasses for reading and writing which I do all day! They are kinda like bifocals because they transition between reading and regular sight. These Precision progressives can be discombobulating if they are not properly fitted. When I received them on Thursday September 12th, I immediately loved the way they looked and fit however I was having a hard time focusing and my eyes began to hurt that first day. I felt dizzy and nauseous. I called Warby Parker and they suggested that I may need a brief adjustment period. Apparently this is very common. If I felt no improvement in a week or so they would happily replace or refund them. That evening, I decided to give my eyes a break from reading and writing and watch some tv instead. As soon as I turned on my Tv, the screen went black. It had sound but the screen was gone. I was perplexed; I can’t read or watch tv?! The next day I had a scheduled Zoom meeting with my teacher and mentor Ellen for the completion of my Fashion Feng Shui Certification. It was a big deal! I woke up and my eyes were still struggling to focus properly with the glasses. I went to turn on my computer and it wouldn’t turn on! It would not turn on or take a charge. It too was dead. I ended up having to get on the Zoom with Ellen from my phone as I struggled to focus. She joyfully told me I had successfully completed my Licensing requirements for Fashion Feng Shui and I should be receiving my official license within days!On the one hand I was thrilled, but on the other I was freaking out. I explained to Ellen what was going on with all my tech and my vision. Ellen was lovely and calm and assured me I could get everything sorted out and repaired. After the Zoom; instead of celebrating the milestone of completing my FFS International requirements, I had to run over to Best Buy to look for a new TV and computer. I was feeling super emotional and thought I can’t see properly, and both my tv and computer have gone dark! WTF?! This is not the ti

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 13. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.In Episode 12 of Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion, I spoke about my Origin Story. Today, I’m sharing Part 2. There’s a series of events that are pivotal to my narrative and pertinent to my story. You know how in Joseph Campbell’s Heroes Journey, there’s an easy part at the beginning and then it gets hard? This is the hard part 😉. As I’ve mentioned previously, prior to becoming the Feng Shui Lady ®️ in 2010, I worked in the corporate world. While I was making a very nice income with excellent benefits, I felt creatively and spiritually unfulfilled. You can be making good money and still feel empty. That said, I was not considering leaving my job. In fact I probably wouldn’t have left my corporate career had it not been for what I can best describe as divine intervention. I’m a Capricorn with a Taurus rising mind you. Earth and more earth! Neither of these signs likes change or risk! Thank goodness for my Fiery Leo moon to help spice things up. It took something rather dramatic for me to change course and eventually become The Feng Shui Lady ®️. I had to have a health crisis or 2 in order to shift my perspective. These events left me reflecting on my life’s path. Sometimes we need a nudge from the universe to make a course correction. Yah sure I was drawn to Feng Shui, but I know for a fact that certain circumstances and nudges from the universe were instrumental to my journey. Unbeknownst to me, I was born with a congenital hiatal hernia. In other words I was born with a hole in the middle of my body that was waiting to break through since birth. PS, the symbolism of a gaping hole in the middle of my body, is not lost on me. I can tell you that emotionally this is an accurate depiction of how I felt inside for most of my early years.My parents had failed to mention this health condition until after the diagnosis, so I was not exactly holding back when it came to core work or exercise. It wasn’t until I turned 40, that the condition made itself known to me. By the time I figured out what was happening, I needed to have a very serious surgery immediately. It came with a shockingly painful recovery that required an extensive healing period. A hiatal Hernia is much higher up in the body than say a more traditional and well known hernia in the groin area. In my case, internal organs were are at risk and the surgery was way more invasive than a hernia in the groin area. Mine in particular was a rather large breakthrough that had been growing for a number of years and needed immediate attention. It was made clear to me following that surgery that gaining substantial weight or becoming pregnant would be deadly and ill advised. So that was a fun plot twist. It was during my painful recovery that I conceived of the idea for my new life as The Feng Shui Lady. I thought if not now then when am I going to do as I please! How much time have I really got left and what does that look like? This was the year I turned 40. It felt like a rebirth and a total life redirect. I got Certified in Essential Feng Shui in 2010 and I spent the next 13 plus years building my practice with numerous additional certifications in the field. For a good portion of that time, I also had a day job. I worked in the Furniture Space for about 7 years because what do you do with furniture? You arrange it. How can you do that in a Mindful and Intentional way? With Feng Shui! It’s the link between interior design, wellness and prosperity. That said, many of those years were frustrating and often demoralizing because I was only doing Feng Shui on the side. I entered the furniture space thinking it would be the perfect place for me to build my practice and find clients. However, folks buying furniture weren’t necessarily interested in Feng Shui and my employers didn’t necessarily embrace it either. I found myself working in the service industry in LA where people can see past you and having my true calling belittled by those who simply didn’t understand it. Selling furniture was also a rather physical job where I was on my feet all day often dragging furniture around the sales floor. I suppose it was a blessing when in the summer of 2017, I woke up one day and both my knees were on fire. It was so painful, I could barely walk. I’ve been a runner most

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 12. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.Long before I was a Feng Shui consultant, I had a fascination with the art of placement. I was drawn to Eastern practices from an early age. It started with Astrology, then Numerology and eventually Feng Shui. These were my interests and passions. I was intrigued with Feng Shui and had been reading about and informally studying it for many years prior to my formal training in it. I couldn’t fathom how one could make a career out of it, but I secretly longed to. I fastidiously experimented with my environment by using my home as a Feng Shui lab of sorts.It wasn’t until I first moved to Los Angeles in 2007 and into the beautiful Spanish 1920’s building in West Hollywood pictured at the top of this story, that I had a life changing experience with Feng Shui. I hired a professional Feng Shui practitioner for the first time. Prior to this, I was just winging it with information I was getting from various books and contradicting sources. I realize now that many of my followers on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Substack are going about Feng Shui the same way. I liken this to getting your medical information online without seeing an actual doctor. I totally get it and I did the same thing until I had a real Feng Shui emergency! You can certainly get helpful tips from videos, stories and books; but not an accurate examination or prognosis of your actual space. Feng Shui isn’t just the art of placement, it is actually one of the 5 branches of Chinese medicine. A real consultation is the only way to get a proper diagnosis.I moved to LA for a job. It was a fully paid relocation from San Francisco to Los Angeles and it happened very quickly. I moved into an apartment sight unseen based on an impressive Craigslist post. Big Mistake!!! While the neighborhood was idyllic and the building exceptionally beautiful, the home itself had very challenging Feng Shui. You’re probably wondering how that is possible. Well here’s the thing, aesthetics are only one aspect of good Feng Shui. Your floor-plan is the biggest indicator of your homes narrative and energetic potential. The numerology also has a big influence and in the case of my first LA home, both factors were compromised.My new home was in this gorgeous 1920’s Spanish building, however it was an L shaped space. The Career gua was completely missing as well as the Travel & Helpful People gua. Bear in mind, guas are individual energetic centers that represent different life themes in what is essentially an energetic map called the Bagua. The Bagua maps out 9 different guas or Life Themes in Feng Shui. All nine are equally important. The idea is to have all of these areas balanced and well appointed. Having a missing Career gua poses obvious problems… Having a missing Travel & Helpful People gua is just as important. It’s the gua of synchronicity and help from both mundane and divine sources. It’s also significant if traveling is your thing… In my first LA home, the Career and Travel & Helpful People guas where literally outside of the home.BAGUA MAP For some reason, I have consistently lived in homes where my Prosperity gua is in the bedroom and the Relationship gua in my living-room and work space. Perhaps this is part of my life’s lesson plan, to find harmony between love and career. The Bagua is arranged sort of like a tic-tac-toe board as seen above. Before, I became The Feng Shui Lady, I typically worked in outside sales jobs with a home office. The home office was inevitably in my Relationship gua. I didn’t know what a Feng Shui faux pas this was until I had a professional Feng Shui consultation. That said, the theme of work being my major relationship was certainly true for me and played itself out in all of my homes.In addition to the 2 missing guas, the numerology of the place was a 4. This number represents death in Feng Shui or Chinese. I had an “uh, oh” moment when I realized all of the challenges my new home posed. Four is a grounding number in numerology, so it wasn’t all bad news. Symbolically, the four in Feng Shui doesn’t have to literally mean “death” but rather the end of a chapter or the completion of a certain way of life. It was still alarming to me. That home was like a Feng Shui worst case scenario. I would describe it as a Feng Shui em

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 11. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.What we learned during the lock-downs with The Feng Shui Lady ® herself aka Laura Beatriz Carrillo.The last few years have brought us all home whether we liked it or not. I like to say that Feng Shui is an “inside job” and we have all certainly spent a lot of time inside our homes. Any jobs or careers that weren’t considered “essential” became virtual. Covid turned our homes into our whole universe; a microcosm of our entire lives. No more commuting to work, no more going to the gym to work out, no more concerts or dining out or even going to the bar! Our homes literally became all these things.I personally have an office, a gym, a movie theater, a DJ, a bar and a restaurant in my home and I run all of them! The truth is my home always had these things because of what I do and my personal philosophy that everything is an inside job that starts at home. By the way, you don’t have to live extravagantly to have all these things. My bar for example; is a beautiful functional bar cart. The gym is a fold-able exercise bike and a yoga mat that I can store when not in use. You get the idea… It’s about making your space work for you and your lifestyle such that everything you need is there.I’m a big fan of elegantly modular pieces that can be stored or moved around easily. From a Feng Shui perspective, If something is important; you incorporate it into your environment. For me fitness and wellness are priorities, so I have my version of a home gym and keep my fridge well stocked with plenty of nutritious foods. Sounds logical right? Whatever is important to you; make sure you have easy access to it at home. I feel like Covid actually forced people to improve their Feng Shui whether they realized it or not! Since our access to external locations was so limited for so long, folks had to adapt.There where some great new habits that came from the lock-downs like people learning how to cook and do crafts at home. There where also some detrimental ones like drinking way too much. For some folks happy hour was any hour. My favorite upsides from the lock-downs is how home gyms and offices became all the rage. We where largely left to our own devices and our homes reflected whether we made the most of these times or not. I feel like necessity is the mother of invention and many of us rose to the occasion.I say bravo to everyone who used this time to enhance and remodel their homes. They became our castles! Many people redecorated or at least got better organized. I certainly did. I completely re-imagined my home office and it transformed my whole personal and professional trajectory. I moved my office from my Love Gua to my Career gua and just like that I put love and career in their rightful place in my life! Everything changed for the better. It was like night and day.There’s something called a Bagua Map in Feng Shui and Guas are the 9 energetic centers in our homes that represent all the themes in our lives. See below…BAGUA MAPWhen I moved my office from my Love Gua and into my Career Gua, my opportunities for love and business improved dramatically! Having your home office in your love gua lends itself to an imbalance between career and love. Your career then becomes your primary relationship. Where before this shift my whole life revolved around the work I was doing, afterwards my career goals became clear and focused while my love life began to bloom.Shift ~ Home Office in The Career Gua…Shifts we make in our environment can have a powerful impact. The way Feng Shui works is both physical and energetic. If you think it’s super woo, think again. Feng Shui is an earth science that is over 5000 years old. Our relationship with nature and our environment is essential to our survival and Feng Shui is a system that is all about having a positive relationship with our environment. Your home is essentially a living breathing 3D Vision Board so when you collaborate with your environment you can re-imagine your whole life! Feng Shui isn’t an event, it’s a lifestyle. We are always in relationship with our environment! Feng Shui is not just happening at home. It’s our relationship with the natural world. It’s everywhere and anywhere you go. Think of it as a physical language that’s universal. Covid had a universal impact on a

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 10. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.NEFERTITI & AKHENATENAre you a seeker? I have always been someone who was a seeker. However, it’s not easy searching for answers while also questioning everything. That’s the tightrope I walk. Secretly wishing for deep revelations but questioning what’s real. The truth is that in my search for spiritual enlightenment, I have come across grifters and charlatans but have also met and experienced the divinely gifted and blessed. My heart and trust has been both broken and redeemed. This is life. I’ll say this be aware of false profits. You might find that it’s you who actually holds the truth inside. We all have a direct line of communication with the divine. Maybe it’s in your dreams or deep in meditation. Perhaps it’s under hypnosis or as I discovered, through plant medicine. It’s all of the above really! Don’t give up. Remember your magic… During a Shamanic Plant Medicine experience back in 2021, I was shown a past life in Egypt as a queen! There was a lot of sand and I couldn’t shut up about it during the “journey”. So much sand and Cat hieroglyphics and what not. Fast forward to May of this year 2024. Imagine my delight when I came across these Egyptian head busts pictured above. I was walking home one night and they were just sitting there on the sidewalk a couple houses from mine! Here in LA some people toss out furniture and house wares and leave them on the sidewalk for passersby’s to take. It’s like a garage sale but free and on the sidewalk. I of course took this as a sign and brought these Egyptian Busts home. So this may sound a bit out there but during the “journey” I was specifically told I had been Nefertiti who was an Egyptian Queen and wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten. I swear to god I didn’t know who either of them were! I had to look Nefertiti up after the “journey.” I know how woo and pretentious this sounds. That said these busts turned out to be heavy Bronze Replicas of Nefertiti and her husband Akhenaten. Coincidence? I mean talk about punctuating a point with a physical sign. The foreshadowing of the “journey” and the arrival of the busts was not lost on me. What a blessing! They are currently residing the Love Gua of my bedroom. This is the area of my bedroom that represents my love life. It’s in the far back right corner of the room. I have an altar there where the Love gua of my bedroom meets the Prosperity Gua of my home. Feng Shui can get really interesting folks. It’s a physical language with plenty of symbolism and metaphor. It’s fun. There can be paradox and yes Love and Money themes can merge and they do in my bedroom. I thought how Nefertiti & Akhenaten where a royal couple who reigned together. They symbolize both love and wealth beautifully so why not create an altar with them. Think power couple. That’s the vibe. The Art found me and I am honoring it.OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE On my very first Shamanic Plant Medicine Journey back in 2020, I experienced an intense Virgin Mary download. FYI she wasn’t the only deity I experienced on that journey… My spiritual influences are not limited to one religion or culture. In fact I’m a practicing Buddhist who is a quarter Jew and raised Catholic. For the purposes of this story and how the art found me, I’m sharing my Virgin Mary experience.Mary’s presence came through during a rather harrowing first plant medicine journey. I had a rather traumatic super premature cesarean birth and I was brought back to that experience during the journey and how that impacted the dynamic between my mother and I. I knew I was not planned so I could feel her resentment of me. It was like I crashed a party I wasn’t invited to. The brutal bloody birth experience was a lot to revisit and it was heartbreaking. As a baby, I did not feel welcomed, loved or embraced. Mary came to comfort and assure me of HER love for me. Mary made me feel special and like I was born for a reason. That was my big question going into that journey. Why am I here and what are my spiritual gifts? Guess what she said? Feng Shui! At the time I had strayed from my Feng Shui practice in part because of Covid and other professional and financial distractions. She wanted me to go back to focusing on Feng Shui and stop doing the draining work I was doing. You are the Feng Shui Lady ®️ she i

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 9. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. New Episodes drop every Sunday Morning. Subscribe for weekly tips on mindful dressing and decorating! This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow me for all the visuals, text and video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, you can subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.If you are new here, you’re probably listening because you’re interested in Feng Shui or Fashion or both. If you’ve been listening to me since the start of this podcast in June of 2024, you would know that my inspiration for “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion” was fueled by my Journey with a mindful system for dressing called Fashion Feng Shui ®️. I’m completing my Apprenticeship ahead of a total rebrand and professional pivot where my Feng Shui Meets Fashion.I recently had a conversation with my professional mentor and teacher Ellen about my Elemental Influences. Much like in regular Feng Shui, we work with the 5 Elements in Fashion Feng Shui ®️ . We have 2 main elements that define us and one that we choose to pull in to achieve our goals. Your ELEMENTAL ESSENCE can be Water, Wood, Earth, Metal or Fire and they each have both physical and personal traits associated with them. Your ELEMENTAL INFLUENCE is also one of these elements. It’s kind of like Astrology in that you have a Sun Sign and a Rising Sign. In the case Fashion Feng Shui ®️ your Sun sign would be your Essence and your Rising sign would be your Influence. And I suppose your Intention would be like your Moon sign. What you want emotionally. More often than not how people perceive and experience us astrologically has more to do with our Rising sign than our Sun sign. So in this case your Influence can be how people perceive you.As far as my Elemental make-up, Ellen and I had come to the conclusion (or at least I had) that my Essence is Water, and my Influence Metal, while my Intention was Fire. Water people are offbeat and creative and can be more reserved or introverted. They also love their freedom. I deeply relate to this energy. Metal people are very precise and organized and love aesthetics which I also relate to. What I felt I was lacking was Fire so that’s why it became my Intention. I felt like I needed more of what fire attracts, things like visibility for my work and in my personal life.Ellen felt I wasn’t seeing myself accurately or how people actually see and experience me. She said Laura you are very sociable and warm, you talk fast and get really excited. You’re emotional. You also like revealing clothes that are body conscious and eye catching. You may not realize this but you are FIRE! I was a little taken aback because I hate bright red, the color associated with fire and I don’t like crowds of people which Fire folks tend to love. Even though there are certain aspects of the Element I don’t align with, it can still be essential to who I am. She suggested that somewhere along the line certain circumstances had doused my fire but it was still visible. Perhaps I just needed to embrace it. Fire? Who me? MIND BLOWN! I took Ellens words under advisement though. And Yes, I had a bit of an identity crisis, but I slept on it and came to a similar conclusion. While my Essence is Water, my Influence is Fire and that’s how people see me. I feel like water but I burn like fire… My confidence and self esteem had been shook by certain life circumstances and it had dimmed my light making it hard for me to see myself as fire. However it was still there ready shine given the opportunity. The 3rd Element in my Trifecta is still Metal, but instead of being my influence or metaphorical rising sign, it was actually my Intention. What I’m really wanting to cultivate are the Metal attributes of Excellence in my Craft and Respect for my work. Metal is a perfectionist energy that cultivates order, respect, and success. In my personal life I want potential partners to take me seriously as a romantic partner and not just someone to have “fun” with. Fun is fire and I’m plenty fun but that’s just scratching the surface and I require a deeper connection and respect. Water and Metal energies. I now realize that the only thing men were responding to was my fire. I have to say folks that this system that is ostensibly for dressing, also serves to uncover what’s underneath it all. Then you dress it up, once you know who you are dressing and what you’re dressing for!Since Ellen first suggested I was Fire, I have been hearing “Common baby light my Fire…” by The Doors play in my head. Jim Morrison singing this ditty to me is a confirmation that yes indeed, I am Fir

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 8. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. If this was a TV show it would be a cross between the Zen of Marie Kondo and the Chic of Rachel Zoe. This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow and subscribe for all the visuals, text and Video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.Today’s story is about Stripes, yes Stripes! It’s called STRIPES & INSTITUTIONS! I recently realized I didn’t have any stripes in my wardrobe. It’s not like I’ve never owned any, but when I did they just rarely if ever saw the light of day.I’ve been completing my Fashion Feng Shui ®️ Apprenticeship so my clothes are going through a comprehensive audit. I don’t just see them as clothes but as my identity which feels like it’s changing. I’ve been going through a process of shedding much like a caterpillar preparing to become a butterfly. I’m making room for a whole new identity and a new chapter in my life.I have a teacher and mentor called Ellen who I adore and I’m working directly with her on my Apprenticeship. Ellen has helped influence some of the new additions to my wardrobe, most notably all my new Leopard Print pieces. She recommended this print because animal prints are considered Fire element in Fashion Feng Shui. This element helps one garner greater visibility and attention which I want to cultivate for my career and personal life. It’s hard not to notice someone in Leopard Print!I immediately embraced her suggestion! I love Leopard Print so why don’t I have any I thought? I found pants, a jumper, a skirt, and this dress for good measure!LEOPARD PRINT / FIRE / VISIBILITY Imagine my surprise when, I had an entirely different reaction to her next suggestion. Ellen sent me the Picture of the striped pants pictured near the top of this story. I immediately hated them and had a visceral reaction. I thought what is my problem? They are just pants. I figured it was the cut which to be fair is not super flattering or figure conscious. It was deeper than that though, much deeper. From a Fashion Feng Shui ®️ perspective, stripes represent growth and support energetic endeavors. Ellen was only trying to help. I decided to find a striped pant that I did like so I could embrace her suggestion. I found a really cute jumpsuit in a style much more to my liking and ordered it. STRIPES / WOOD / GROWTH Cute right? It’s a striped jumpsuit with a strapless top and horizontal lines on the top. The bottoms are a cropped Aline cut with a cinched waist and the lines are angled in a v shaped. The outfit is a soft stretchy cotton with a white background and thin black stripes. I really want to like it. The problem is after trying it on and styling it, I felt weird. I could see objectively that the outfit was flattering and aesthetically pleasing, but I felt uneasy in it. I made myself wear the jumper for an hour until I couldn’t stand the discomfort and even dizziness I was experiencing. I changed and immediately felt better. It was almost like the outfit had triggered a trauma response in me. I decided to do some research on the history and psychology of Stripes. Lo and behold, I discovered that Stripes have quite a sinister history! “Servants and court jesters wore striped cloth; so did prostitutes, madmen, and criminals, not voluntarily but by official orders. The bold, broad, contrasting stripes of their garments seemed to stand for neither-this-nor-that, ambivalence, ambiguity, and a realm of unclear and violated boundaries.” -John Major on LoveToKnowAs I have come to learn, historically Stripes where the uniforms of people who where jailed or Institutionalized in Insane Asylums. Slaves were forced to wear stripes. Members of the Military were also required to wear them. Later, Mobsters and Anarchists or rebels “chose” to wear them as a way of rebelling against “normal” society.Perhaps I was experiencing a manifestation of ancestral trauma or some past life experience. Either way, the history is real and so was my discomfort. Not everyone experiences stripes the way I do. Obviously… If you love stripes go for it! Stripes were later embraced by both fashion and rebels and even conservatives! Me personally, I’ll stick to florals and denim for my Wood Element, thank you very much! As you may have gathered from this story, what we wear communicates something! It impacts both ourselves and everyone who sees us. We are like walking billboards advertising something at all times. What’s your outfit saying? Let me know in the comments how you feel about stripes. Do they make you feel rebellious or confined, or like me dizz

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 7. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. If this was a TV show it would be a cross between the Zen of Marie Kondo and the Chic of Rachel Zoe. This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow and subscribe for all the visuals, text and Video. My stories about Feng Shui & Fashion are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.Timing is everything and August promises to be a month filled with all the Astrological signatures of Divine Timing & Intervention so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to introduce how Astrology & Feng Shui are complementary tools. In Feng Shui we have 3 Kinds of Luck that we work with and each represents 33.3% of our cumulative luck. The good news is that 2 out of three or 66.6% of our good fortune we actually have agency over! SPIRITUAL & DIVINE LUCKThe first kind of luck is referred to as Spiritual or Divine luck. Some refer to it as divine timing or destiny. This kind of luck we don’t have agency over but we do have a tool to gage it and that is (Astrology) which helps us determine when our most fortunate times to implement things might be. Listen folks, I’m an Astrology enthusiast and student but not an expert. I do however pay strong attention to the trends because they influence us and since this is such an astrologically pivotal month, I’m going to share this month’s highlights for you to consider. We have a plethora of astrological activity starting with a new moon in Leo on 8/4/24; what’s a new trend starting for you here? Mercury the planet of communication and technology goes Retrograde from 8/5/24 to 8/28/24; what old projects, friends, ideas and trends are returning to your consciousness? Then we have the Lions-gate Portal on 8/8/24, what new aspect of yourself and your life is completely transforming? And finally the full “blue” moon on 8/19/24 when something comes to a dramatic culmination, what’s that look like for you? The whole month we will be navigating the retrograde! This will color everything from our communication, to technology creating a need to double check, reassess, and refine everything. Sounds like fun right?! That’s my synopsis for August but believe me there’s way more, these are just the highlights. Now on to the other kinds of luck we work with in Feng Shui.HUMAN LUCK Human Luck is the next and second kind of luck we talk about in Feng Shui. It is essentially our Attitude or Energy and our Intention and Attention. This kind of luck we absolutely have agency over however, many of us struggle with maintaining and cultivating a positive attitude and directing our energy towards productive things. It helps to ponder on what our desired outcome is and how we want to feel as a result. Meditation, journaling, studying the law of attraction and folks like Esther Hicks, Dr. Joe Dispenza, and Developmental Biologist Bruce Lipton can really help with tools for upgrading our attitudes and what we give our attention to.EARTHLY LUCK The 3rd and final kind of luck we talk about in Feng Shui is Earthly Luck! My favorite because it is everything we can physically do that is actionable and specifically refers to Feng Shui. So everything from feng shui cures, adjustments and actions you take physically in the world towards your goals is Earthly Luck! Earthly Luck also includes all kinds of actions we take in the physical world towards our goals like classes, exercise, networking, meditation, Feng Shui etc. So the 3 kinds of luck are Spiritual, Human and Earthly! If you cultivate all three of these, then you have your best shot at living your best life. ENERGETIC FARMING I think of Feng Shui in terms of energetic farming. Creating a supportive setting at home is like tending to your garden. For example, if you want to invite love into your life, you have to make physical room for it. Perhaps you clear out some space in your closet for that special someone you haven’t met yet. That said, making room for love doesn’t guarantee that the love of your life will enter your life immediately upon these changes. What it does do is plant the seed for that love to enter and confirm your participation and collaboration with the universe. It’s your invitation for love to enter. Astrology helps us to know when to plant the seeds and when we might anticipate their blooms. While we can’t control exactly when things will bloom, we can definitely control whether or not we plant and cultivate our energetic garden! If you don’t plant the seeds and care and nurture them, then you can’t expect anything to bloom. But if you are planting and cultivating you can have confidence in that your dream

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 6. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. If this was a TV show it would be a cross between the Zen of Marie Kondo and the Chic of Rachel Zoe. This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow and subscribe for all the visuals, text and Video. My stories are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of my newsletters here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or ITunes, subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree.Who are you? The answers could be in your closet! Is Your Wardrobe Giving Main Character Energy? Today we are talking about Closet Feng Shui as a meditation on who we have been and who we are becoming. Are you showing up as a leading lady or background player? Clothes can help us be seen or they can help us hide and blend in. From a Feng Shui perspective, Feng Shuing one’s closet is as important as any other room! One of the areas folks seem to struggle with most is decluttering their closets. Part of this can stem from an energetic attachment to who they have been even when that part of themselves is no longer serving them. Our clothes and closets depict how we present ourselves to the world. All of our armor is there, like protective gear. Also our personality and the “characters” we’re playing live inside our closets via our costumes and wardrobe. I want to help people learn about themselves in a deeper way through their clothes and uncover new aspects of themselves that are ready to be revealed and experienced. This can be a freeing and cathartic experience! I can definitely attest to that through my own fashion journey. Let’s make dressing a therapeutic and empowering practice. These sentiments are why I became fixated on the niche of Feng Shui that applies to dressing and embarked on my Fashion Feng Shui ®️ training & Apprenticeship. My Apprenticeship is now nearing its completion in August and I’m gearing up for a Fall Launch in September of my Closet Feng Shui Services! It’s the perfect timing for Closet Clearing and preparing for the new season.I want to give as much importance to dressing as I do decorating and translate in energetic terms how it’s all connected! I have this theory that you can take a woman who feels plain and transform her into a great beauty through impeccable style and grooming. Some call it glamour magic. By the same token you can take an objectively beautiful woman and minimize her looks with poor grooming and drab ill fitting clothes. Think Hollywood…. They do this all the time! They take great beauties and have them play a character who is supposed to be unattractive and they dull hear beauty with drab unflattering costuming, hair and makeup for the role. We let the clothes inform us of a characters role. Is she a leading lady or an extra? It’s all done through the illusion of makeup and wardrobe. What if you were the one inadvertently painting yourself into a plain Jane because you didn’t feel good inside? You couldn’t see the best version of yourself. Sometimes we need a fresh set of eyes to help us see our potential. That’s the role I will be playing, where I see your highest potential through my Feng Shui eyes.The analogy I just made about wardrobe can also be true of physical spaces! You could be living in the most expensive zip-code and in a mansion filled with clutter, filth and chaos. Folks could enter such a home and feel disgust and discomfort. You might as well live on the streets in a tent if this is how you’re going to treat your sacred space. By the same token, you could have a modest home that is so beautifully arranged, maintained and nurtured, that people are instantly inspired and welcomed. Between these two options I would hands down choose the latter. In this case, it truly is what’s inside and how well it’s expressed that matters. When it comes to dressing, it’s about revealing what’s inside through our clothes. Using it as a means to communicate a visual story. People can express how they feel about themselves through their wardrobe and even how they feel about you. Did, your date go to the trouble of properly grooming? Or do they look like they just rolled out of bed? We are forever communicating with nonverbal cues.CLOSET AUDITSWhat’s in your closet? Could it use a pruning? For me personally closet auditing is a continuous process of editing and purging. I’m in a rapid state of change so my wardrobe has been in a state of going from caterpillar to butterfly! I have a new rule that before I add anything new to my wardrobe, I must first subtract something. Mari KondoI love recommending the Konmari Method originated by Mari Kondo and spelled out in her bestselling book called THE LIFE CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP. Her organizational shows on Netflix really captured people’

Hello & Welcome back to “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion”! Podcast Episode 5. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. If this was a TV show it would be a cross between the Zen of Marie Kondo and the Chic of Rachel Zoe. This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow and subscribe for all the visuals, text and Video. My stories are told in part through pictures and visuals in the body of the stories here on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or Apple subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree. This Episode is called Read The Room. Is It Repelling or Inviting? In my last episode I talked about Bedding and specifically curating outfits for your bed with intention. We have all heard the term “Dress For Success.” In the same vein, we can dress our beds for rest and romance. I told you about and showed you all my Bed’s Outfits and how I was awaiting an entirely new Motif! Today I’m reporting back about my brand new Celestial themed Sun & Moon Duvet set. It’s Chic “AF”. I’m obsessed 🤩. It’s giving me high end Palm Springs Mid Century Modern hotel suite vibes. It feels sexy and luxurious to me. The Golden burnt orange and cream hues are both stimulating and grounding. The bold Sun and Moon print is a complete departure from my floral’s and it’s giving me life! My golden moon cycle feature over my bed along with my artwork depicting a sun and moon labyrinth beside the bed all tie in beautifully. I could not be more pleased. There’s a clear theme that speaks to partnership and a balance of masculine and feminine. It also feels rich! I should mention that my bedroom includes what’s known in Feng Shui as the Prosperity Gua and energetic center for abundance so I definitely want to nurture that energy. In my bedroom, I actually have 3 Guas or energetic centers represented in my bedroom. By the way Guas are Energetic Areas of your home that are included in what’s called The Bagua Map and there are nine of them. In my bedroom, I have the Family Gua which I mentioned in the last episode, the Prosperity Gua and my closet where all my clothes live is in the Skills & Knowledge gua. Talk about foreshadowing my Fashion Feng Shui®️ journey. BAGUA MAPNEW OUTFIT - DRESSING FOR THEM I specifically wanted to find a duvet cover that would not be emasculating to a man who didn’t care for frilly girly bedding but would still reflect my aesthetic. I think I nailed it! Whatever your communicating with your bed is either an invitation to a potential partner or a red flag. Same intent applies for a current partner! You should both feel at home in the bed.RED FLAGS & BEDSI want to share an example of what I consider to be a red flag and quite honestly you should too. Some years back, I went on a date with a very handsome and talented musician. He was hot!!! I love artists of all kinds. People with an aesthetic world view very much appeal to me. He was charming and expressed great interest in me. On our very first date we met for drinks and then went to a music club where he played. We were getting along famously and I thought wow this is going great! At some point during the evening he wanted to stop by his apartment to grab his instrument and he insisted it was walking distance from the club we were at, so I agreed. Please note this man knew I was Feng Shui consultant and should have had some idea that I would be reading his space with a more keen eye than your average bird. As we approached his building, I noticed it was one of those 70’s stucco structures with little or no character. He was a struggling musician so no bigy. What matters is what’s inside right? Well inside was a twin mattress on the floor in the center of the apartment and almost nothing else. His first story apartment had a sad view of the parking lot. Everything was grey or beige. Zero charm not even a piece of art or a book or a plant to give the space some life, some hope. It looked like the kind of space a serial killer or assassin might live. It was dingy and gross and he should have never brought me there. At least not on the first date. I immediately lost all interest and knew it was time to leave. I found the twin mattress on the floor with no other seating options super creepy. By the way nothing screams single and not ready to mingle more than a twin mattress! These are for children not grown men. No place to sit or entertain? Seriously? Offensive and presumptuous. These things are not trivial. It spells out a very specific narrative. It starts with the bed being just for one and continues from there to get worse and worse. There was not one redeeming feature and believe me I looked. Yes it’s a cautionary tale but one we can all learn from. Had he had at least a futon to sit on and even the smallest bit of charm like a record player or something, perhaps I could have look

Hello & Welcome back to Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion! Podcast Episode 4. A place for Home & Wardrobe Inspiration. My name is Laura and I’m a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, Curator and Stylist for you and your Space. If I was a TV show it would be a cross between the Zen of Marie Kondo and the Chic of Rachel Zoe. This hybrid Podcast & Newsletter originates on Substack where you can follow and subscribe for all the visuals, text and Video. This story in particular is told largely through the pictures and visuals in the body of the story on Substack. So if you’re listening on Spotify or Apple subscribe for free on Substack. For all my other content and services check out my Link-tree. Today I’m talking about How you can apply Fashion to Feng Shui and more specifically to Dressing Up your Bed. So far, I’ve mostly spoken about how to Feng Shui your Fashion. It goes both ways though because dressing and decorating go hand in hand energetically. I told you when I began this “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion” Journey here on Substack that I would be sneaking Feng Shui in through the closet. Today I coming to you from the bedroom. I suppose I’m getting real personal with you and jumping right into bed for this story. From a Feng Shui perspective or really just good old common sense, your bed is the most important piece of furniture in your life! Not just your home, but your life. If you’re only going to Feng Shui 1 room in your home, make it the bedroom and if it’s only one thing, make it your bed! Sleep is one of the most important indicators of good health. Your bed has as much to say about your health and wellbeing as it does about your love life. If you’re going to invest in just one piece of furniture this year, make it your bed. Comfort is king! I know mattresses are expensive so for immediate gratification and enhancement to your quality of life, let’s talk bedding. Bedding is an accessible upgrade and easily interchangeable. It’s also a fantastic redecorating on a budget hack. It will change the entire look and feel of your bedroom. Let’s look at the energetics of your Bedding and how to enhance rest and romance. The 2 major themes of this room. Think of your bedding sheets and duvet as your beds wardrobe. Most people only have one “outfit” for their beds. The duvet specifically is the part of the outfit everyone sees and the sheets are like undergarments. Would you only wear one outfit? Why should your bed? Color, texture, material, design and print all have a tremendous energetic impact. I have 5 outfits and counting for my beds duvet. They each invite and say something different. FLORAL BOUQUET DUVET Pictured first is my Floral Bouquet Duvet Cover. It’s been my favorite for years and I liked it so much I bought 2. It’s a good thing I did because my cats tore into the first one and over the years those tiny tears grew into large rips until I finally threw it out a couple weeks ago. I went on to order a totally new duvet to replace it. Meanwhile I was genuinely sad and mourned its loss until I remembered I had a back up! This is the back up! If you have pets, children, like to eat or drink in bed, then may I suggest a backup? The energetic impetus for this duvet is 3 fold. I see everything with “Feng Shui Eyes” so there’s a strategy and a story behind every aesthetic choice I make. First of all, I immediately loved it and found it beautiful. I’m a fan of bold color. It is a floral which represents Wood Element with Red & Pink Flowers that represent Fire Element. My bed happens to be in what’s known in Feng Shui as the Family Gua. In Feng Shui this area of the home is supported by the Wood element. Wood represents growth and initiating energy. The Bed is also placed in the Fame & Reputation Gua/Area of my Bedroom which is supported by Fire Element. And let’s not forget wood feeds the fire. But fire burns the wood so I vascilate on which of these energies I’m feeding. The Fire element here helps enhance romance, passion and visibility. While it can be sexy, it is not my most restful option. This duvet has a stimulating energy, but sometimes I desire a more restful vibe and I can get “burnt out” and choose to switch things up. It’s okay to have different moods and ways to express them. Bedding is a good way to indicate what you are welcoming into your life and bed.MANDALA DUVET Pictured Here is my more Neutral gold and cream Indian Mandala Duvet Cover. When I want a more Zen experience, I choose this one. You’ll notice I also have interchangeable floor rugs that are washable. Pets and life’s little surprises make these a necessity. Did someone throw up on the rug? No problem! I just swap it out with a back up and do some laundry…. When sleep and meditation are on the menu, this is what the bed wears, but honestly this is now my least chosen option. It’s there when I need it, but I have since moved on to a Magic Mushroom Motif that is both Zen and green therefore represents wood element without all the fire of

I had a Fashion Trip on the 4th of July! I attended a Pool Party at a fancy hotel rooftop with a group of girlfriends. In case you’re wondering, no I did not wear Red, White, And Blue…. That would have been too obvious. I chose a lane and committed to all White! For those of you reading this, the pictures will tell the story better than I can describe. And if you’re currently just listening on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube You can find the Visuals on my Substack where this Podcast originates as a hybrid Newsletter with picture’s, text, audio and sometimes video! My handle is @thefengshuilady. I encourage you to follow and subscribe!I’ll be the first to admit, I struggled with my wardrobe choice on the 4th because quite frankly, I did not feel Bikini Ready. I’m sure most women can relate. I also live in Los Angeles a city where the bar for body standards is exceptionally high. I almost wore a 1 piece but my style vision won over my insecurities. I have this amazing long white Crochet Style Beach Dress in my closet I had purchased for a pool or beach day just like this. It was screaming to be worn and it wanted to be paired with my white bikini. No other choice would have had the same impact. So I channeled my inner Lena Dunham circa her HBO Girls days where she was constantly naked or running around in a bikini. Her body confidence was off the charts and I really needed some of that energy. I have the body I deserve meaning I have been eating whatever I want as much as I want and perhaps more than I need. I’m objectively slim but not as slim as I have been. I vacillate and I was on the upswing. This year I was simply not very strategic in preparing for Independence Day. The tummy wants what the tummy wants, you know what I mean? Pictured are my two bathing-suit options that I tried on the night before. My white Bikini and my Leopard print 1piece. When I went to bed I was convinced I’d be wearing the one piece covering my tummy. In the morning however, I had a fashion over insecurity moment and I’m really glad I did. White energetically is a reflective color. In fact it’s the recommended color to wear during a Shamanic experience. I feel protected in white even if I am highly visible. It’s what I wear when I clear a space and it’s a color I only really started wearing from head to toe in the last few years. I also love pairing it with black. Very Yin & Yang vibes.All that said I know I made the right choice! I wore white on white with a hint of blue found in a pair of long dangly turquoise earrings. My hair was strategically tied in a top bun so I wouldn’t get it wet and didn’t have to think about it. This worked out perfectly because of course I forgot my brush that day. A crochet cover up is a great way to play peekaboo without revealing everything. Eventually though, I did take it off and run around in my white bikini. It’s amazing the kind of confidence one can muster after a little wine… I don’t however recommend magic mushrooms 🍄 for such a public outing. I debated whether or not to share this part of the story but I feel it’s pertinent. In my Lyft and on my way to the festivities, I did happen to eat 2 mushroom gummies with active psilocybin properties. They are legal by the way and I got them from therapist friend. They are designed to be therapeutic in nature. I have only ever taken magic mushrooms aka psilocybin as a sacrament and or with a Shaman as a Spiritual experience. These gummies were different. On this occasion in a micro dose, I thought perhaps they would give me that Lena Dunham confidence, instead they made me incredibly nauseous and for the first hour I was at the pool rooftop, I was basically catatonic. This was poor judgment on my part! For that first hour, I did manage to take some pictures while I kept my dress on in the blazing hot sun. Then just like that, I snapped out of it. Like after you purge during an Ayahuasca ceremony and feel so relieved as the spiritual insights begin to wash over you. The brutal nausea finally subsided and I perked right up. I then switched to wine which had a much more desirable effect. I took off my dress and got in the pool with my friends. Everything shifted and I was so happy to be swimming, just so happy... When I emerged from the water with my girlfriends, a woman in a red bikini approached me and said she’d been watching and admiring me since I had arrived! I’m thinking did she notice how sick I was? Apparently not! She said I was the chicest girl there and she was so impressed with my style. “No one dresses in LA” she insisted, “But you showed up in a dress and heals at a pool party!” I’m thinking in my head how I was just trying to camouflage my body for that first hour and not throw up. She however, saw me as glamorous and lounging…. She mentioned she had just moved back to La from The East Coast and was utterly unimpressed with the way women were dressing here. My friend Candace thanked her for her basically making my day and said “You two sho

For my first “Where Feng Shui Meets Fashion” video Podcast I’m sharing an audio and video version of a recent post on Substack called “My Fashion Trifecta”. It’s a little different than the original post only because when you verbalize something it evolves and so does the language and narrative around it. Feel free to read the original written post but also know with this verbalized and visual version, the story has evolved and this is the more current incarnation.My Venn Diagram of my Fashion TrifectaHave you given much thought to who your fashion influences are? I’ve been working on my Fashion Feng Shui ®️ Apprenticeship as I prepare to launch styling offerings for my clients and I was inspired to create a visual that looks like a Venn diagram capturing my style icons. A Venn diagram’s typically highlight 3 points of focus that sort of merge to show the logical relationship between them. Honestly, It wasn’t even part of my homework. While it wasn’t part of my required course work, it felt like a natural progression. I couldn’t help but think about where my ideas about aspirational style originated. I thought about the women whose personal style was actually influential in my ever evolving style glow up. My influences are Frida Kahlo, Dita Von Teese and Stevie Nicks who are all equally known for their artistic talents and their iconic styles. I like to inject aspects of each of their aesthetics into mine like a chameleon taking on a role and making it her own.Frida KahloFrida Kahlo was a Mexican Artist who died in 1954 but left her mark on Art and Fashion! Frida was known for everything from her statement jewelry to wearing flowers in her elaborate updos. She wore long flowing skirts and dresses with lace details and colorful layered prints. She dressed in her finest even when she was laid up in bed recovering from a horrific traffic accident. Frida was an artist and her body was as much a canvas for her wardrobe as her physical canvases were for her paintings. I love to channel her style as a staple in my day to day wear because I find flowing skirts and dresses to be the most comfortable attire for feeling creative and feminine. I also freaking love a floral print. I’m Spanish so Frida’s style truly speaks to me. What I found most inspiring was Frida’s penchant for dressing up to be at home!Dita Von TeeseMy next inspiration is Dita Von Teese! The Siren! If you haven’t heard of her, Dita is a Burlesque Sensation and she is stunning. For me she is the epitome of old Hollywood Glamour. Known for her fashion as much as her dancing, she has a line of vintage inspired clothing. While her style is enticing, dramatic and body conscious, it is still tasteful and leaves something to the imagination. Everything she wears is impeccably made and designed to accentuate the female form. She has helped inspire my evening and dating attire. Even though my dating life is on pause right now, I have a wardrobe lined up and ready to go when I get back out there! So gentlemen that may take an interest in wooing me please take me somewhere where I can channel my Dita wardrobe without feeling overdressed! Let’s not jump into Netflix and chill until you’ve had the opportunity to truly experience the Dita effect! Don’t worry I love Netflix just not in the first week or 2 of dating.Stevie NicksSo Next up is Stevie Nicks The Singer! If you don’t know who she is, look her up because she’s the quintessential boho queen! Stevie’s gypsy chic is equal parts rock and roll, witch, mystic and goddess. She’s what those boho girls at the music festivals are trying to channel! Leather & Lace with layers of long flowing skirts and dresses worn with shawls and suede platform boots, accentuated with dramatic layered jewelry. She looks like she has wings when she’s on stage either due to her dramatic shawls or full bell sleeves. There’s something ethereal and bohemian about her style that I find intoxicating. I channel her through my accessories, my sheer lace pieces and long dramatic skirts. So that’s my Trifecta!What’s yours? Feel free to share in the comments! When I start working with my styling clients, I plan to include this exercise to help them better understand their fashion ideals and help them channel those Archetypes into their wardrobe. I want to challenge you all to create your own fashion icon trifecta. I designed mine on Pinterest and recommend you try it. I believe Fashion should be fun and there’s something for everyone. Find your muses and go play dress up! To learn more about my work and access all my resources visit my Linktree. For more inspiration, subscribe! Ciao for now! Get full access to Laura’s Substack ~ THE FENG SHUI MONEY COUCH at thefengshuilady.substack.com/subscribe

My First Podcast is an audio version of my first Post here on Substack! I wanted to make my content more accessible and I will be creating audio versions of all my posts for your listening pleasure! Cheers 🥂 LauraHi I’m Laura! I’ve been The Feng Shui Lady ®️ for more than a decade and just recently added Styling Services with a Feng Shui twist. Come join me on my Fashion Feng Shui ®️ Apprenticeship journey!I am rebranding and starting a whole new Newsletter here on Substack. I will soon be adding a certification in Fashion Feng Shui®️to my list of credentials which include: a certification in Essential Feng Shui®️, and Space Clearing, along with a Red Ribbon Professional credential through The International Feng Shui Guild. I could not be more excited about this Trifecta of Feng Shui, Space Clearing & Styling offerings.1. New Services, New Chapter!For those of you who have known me as a Feng Shui consultant for a decade plus, don’t worry, I’m still The Feng Shui Lady ®️ and I will still be practicing and talking about Feng Shui! Some of you were subscribed to my Narrative Space Feng Shui Newsletter on Mailchimp. I have switched platforms making Substack my new home. This is Where Feng Shui meets Fashion. A whole new chapter for me with Fashion in the mix. I suspect my focus will be largely directed towards fashion in the coming months and I will sneak the Feng Shui in through the closet so to speak. For many Feng Shui feels like a luxury, while fashion feels like identity.Women will move mountains for the right outfit! Many will go without, in the pursuit of style. I can definitely relate. This is a passion project as much as it is a business decision. So here I am pivoting and rebranding. I live in LA, so I’m in La La Land the perfect place to reinvent oneself.2. I’m looking for my tribe of fashion enthusiasts with a spiritual sensibility who want to elevate their style…Fashion Feng Shui ®️ is a mindful system of dressing that incorporates modern styling principles with ancient holistic wisdom. It marries my 2 favorite things Fashion and Feng Shui! It harnesses the “energy” of your clothes to align with your personal energies. Everything from your personality, goals, elements, coloring, body type, style and lifestyle are addressed to create a Fashion Portfolio for you.3. Uncover Your Most Authentic & Empowered Self Through Fashion! I did…With Fashion Feng Shui ®️protocols you discover your Elemental Essence, Influence, Intention and Appearance and learn how to harness the energy of your clothes to reveal your most authentic empowered self. You get a Fashion Feng Shui Portfolio that details your best colors, fabrics, prints, silhouettes, styles and elements! Not only will your most empowering styles be revealed, but aspects of your personality and Archetypes will also be uncovered! Your new Portfolio serves as a blueprint from which to curate and build your wardrobe.4. My Journey…Part of my training was to have my own personal Fashion Feng Shui ®️ experience. I learned so much about myself through the process. In Feng Shui we work with the 5 elements to balance an environment. They include Water, Fire, Metal, Wood and Earth. The same principles and elements apply to Fashion Feng Shui ®️ and are connected with Archetypes. We each have a dominant element and Archetype that informs how we relate to all the other elements and how we tick. I realized that my true essence is Water. Yes folks I’m a thirsty b***h! I also discovered the energy and element that was at a deficit for me along with how it could serve me to introduce more of it into my wardrobe. I am in need of more Fire Element which is known as the Captivator Archetype. My life goals and “Intention” calls for me to draw more attention to myself and my work, however since my essence is Water, I tend to swim in it from a fashion and energetic perspective. Water is the Contemplator Archetype. Contemplators are creatives who dance to the beat of their own drum and need their fair share of me time to “contemplate.” They are drawn to offbeat styles and love black or dark colors in sheer and flowy silhouettes with unusual or eclectic patterns. Yep, that’s me! It’s not the whole story but a big part of it. Without going into every detail of my fashion profile, I can say that the Water Essence and Contemplator Archetype is an overarching theme. Even when I wear Fire Element (think red, sexy eye catching clothes, animal prints, and triangular shapes) I wear it in a watery way… I want it to flow. This system allows for you to Alchemize your wardrobe and partner different elements to work for you because they each represent an energy and intention that influences how you feel and how you are received and perceived. It’s really powerful! You always want to be in your “element” and the idea is to learn how to drape yourself in all the elements in a way that is compatible with your essence.Here I am marrying my Essence with my Intention…. If you are new here or to m